Scientific Practices:

• Identify and describe the topic being learned. (ie: Identify the lobe located above the ear region of the human head and describe it's function.)
• Measurement. (ie: Measuring ingredients to conduct any laboratory experiment.)
• Representing data and interpreting representations. (ie: Students using tables and graphs to organize and display information both qualitatively and quantitatively.)
• Predicting/Inferring -Predicting/inferring involves using knowledge of a principle or relationship to make an inference about something that has not been directly observed. ( ie: the Occipital lobe is located in the back of the head and is responsible for sight, when asked what would happen if the Occipital lobe was damaged students should be able to infer that your eye sight would be altered.)
• Give examples of -Students produce examples of topics (ie: What in your locker weighs about 3 pounds? Compare that to the weight of the human brain.)
• Posing questions - Students identify and ask questions about phenomena that can be answered through scientific investigations (ie: "Well if the egg splattered on the sidewalk when the presence of fluid was absent, what would happen if we added fluid?")
• Designing and conducting investigations - Designing investigation includes: identifying and specifying what variables need to be manipulated, measured (independent and dependent variables) and controlled; constructing hypotheses; specifying the relationship between variables; constructing/developing procedures that allow them to explore their hypotheses; and determining what observations will be made, how often the data will be collected, and what type of observations will be made.
• Constructing evidence-based explanations - Students use scientific theories, models and principles along with evidence to build explanations of phenomena; it also entails ruling out alternative hypotheses.
• Applying Concepts - Using concepts to solve problems and make relationships.
• Analyzing and interpreting data - Students make sense of data by answering the questions: “What does the data we collected mean?” “How does this data help me answer my question?” Interpreting and analyzing can include transforming the data and finding patterns in the data.
• Evaluating/Reflecting/Making an Argument - Students ask: Do these data support this claim? Are these data reliable? Evaluate measurement: Is the following an example of good or bad measurement?